What do you think about 'Book of Enoch' ?

Question

Hint: In Book of Genesis was stated that Enoch didn't die old, but taken by God.

Anyone read about the Book of Enoch? cross marriage between angels & humans? created man of renown (giants) ?

Christians and anyone who knows only !! No JOKE !

thanx

Answer 1

The Biblical book of Jude quotes from the Book of Enoch in verses 14-15, "Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about these men: "See, the Lord is coming with thousands upon thousands of his holy ones to judge everyone, and to convict all the ungodly of all the ungodly acts they have done in the ungodly way, and of all the harsh words ungodly sinners have spoken against him." Does that mean the book of Enoch is inspired by God and should be in the Bible?

This is not the only Biblical quote from a non-Biblical source. The Apostle Paul quotes Epimenides in Titus 1:12 but that does not mean we should give any additional authority to Epimenides’ writings. The same is true with Jude verse 14. Jude quoting from Enoch 1:9 does not indicate the entire book is inspired, or even true. All it means is that particular verse is true. It is interesting to note that no scholars believe the Book of Enoch to have truly been written by the Enoch in the Bible. As you said, Enoch was seven generations from Adam, prior to the Flood (Genesis 5:1-24). Evidently, though, this particular quote was genuinely something that Enoch prophesied – or the Bible would not attribute it to him, “Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about these men…” (Jude 14). This saying of Enoch was evidently handed down by tradition, and eventually recorded in the Book of Enoch.

I believe we should treat the Book of Enoch (and the other books like it) in the same manner we do the apocrypha. Some of what the Apocrypha says is true and correct, but at the same time, much of it is false and historically inaccurate. If you read these books, you have to treat them as interesting but fallible historical documents, not as the inspired, authoritative Word of God.

Answer 2

Enoch is a very interesting figure of the Bible. The Bible says, "Enoch walked with God; then he was no more, because God took him away." (Genesis 5:24) Some scholars have speculated that he was taken directly to heaven. Supposedly there exists a book entitled, "The Book of Enoch" in which is described the various levels of heaven. This same book is mentioned in the Book of Jude. However, this book was rejected along with many other apocryphal books from the canon of scripture we know of today.

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Enoch, along with Elijah (and possibly Moses) are the only figures contained in the Bible that were taken by God. It is alos worth noting that Enoch fathered the longest living human being on earth, Methusaleh who lived to be over 900 years old! Enoch is also the great grandfather of Noah.

Answer 3

I have read the Book of Enoch. Very interesting. You may want to read the book titled, Nephilum. It is about the cross of angels and humans. By the way, this book was left out of the Bible for a reason. It used to be a revered part of the scriptures in the early days. Nicaea meeting to pick which books would go into the Bible decided to leave it out because of the angels and humans part.

Answer 4

I like the book of Enoch and I have a copy of it. I contains a lot of things that are stated in other words in the Bible and it is quoted by Jude in the Bible.

Jude 1:14 It was also about these that Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, "Behold, the Lord came with ten thousands of his holy ones, 15 to execute judgment on all and to convict all the ungodly of all their deeds of ungodliness that they have committed in such an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things that ungodly sinners have spoken against him."

It also has a lot of interesting pictures of the Heavenly realm in it.

Answer 5

Enoch is not the writer of the “Book of Enoch.” This is an uninspired, apocryphal book written many centuries later, probably sometime during the second and first centuries B.C.E.

The Book of Enoch is an apocryphal and pseudepigraphic text. It is falsely ascribed to Enoch. Produced probably sometime during the second and first centuries B.C.E., it is a collection of extravagant and unhistorical Jewish myths, evidently the product of exegetical elaborations on the brief Genesis reference to Enoch. This alone is sufficient for lovers of God’s inspired Word to dismiss it.

In the Bible, only the book of Jude contains Enoch’s prophetic words: “Look! Jehovah came with his holy myriads, to execute judgment against all, and to convict all the ungodly concerning all their ungodly deeds that they did in an ungodly way, and concerning all the shocking things that ungodly sinners spoke against him.” (Jude 14, 15) Many scholars contend that Enoch’s prophecy against his ungodly contemporaries is quoted directly from the Book of Enoch. Is it possible that Jude used an unreliable apocryphal book as his source?

How Jude knew of Enoch’s prophecy is not revealed in the Scriptures. He may simply have quoted a common source, a reliable tradition handed down from remote antiquity. Paul evidently did something similar when he named Jannes and Jambres as the otherwise anonymous magicians of Pharaoh’s court who opposed Moses. If the writer of the Book of Enoch had access to an ancient source of this kind, why should we deny it to Jude? Exodus 7:11, 22; 2 Timothy 3:8.

How Jude received the information about Enoch’s message to the ungodly is a minor matter. Its reliability is attested to by the fact that Jude wrote under divine inspiration. (2 Timothy 3:16) God’s holy spirit guarded him from stating anything that was not true.

Enoch was apparently in mortal danger when “God took him.” (Genesis 5:24) Jehovah did not allow his faithful prophet to suffer at the hands of rabid enemies. According to the apostle Paul, “Enoch was transferred so as not to see death.” Many say that Enoch did not die, that God took him to heaven, where he kept on living. However, Jesus plainly stated: “No man has ascended into heaven but he that descended from heaven, the Son of man.” Jesus was the “forerunner” of all who ascend to heaven. John 3:13

So, what happened to Enoch? His being “transferred so as not to see death” may mean that God put him in a prophetic trance and then terminated his life while he was in that state. Under such circumstances, Enoch would not experience the pangs of death. Then “he was nowhere to be found,” apparently because Jehovah disposed of his body, even as he disposed of Moses’ body.

Answer 6

Which Enoch the good one(Seth's line) or the bad of Cain's line?

Answer 7

I read it just the other day and I must say that I found it to be one of the more interesting reads I've had in some time.

Answer 8

maximum Biblical scholars evaluate the artwork to be pseudo-pygripha... meaning it become written by utilising neither. The earliest existent copies of the artwork look to date it to round 200bc...this would get rid of both of the Enochs indexed contained in the scriptures.

Answer 9

the griggori were angels who had sex with humans. theyre kids were called grigggori.
goliath was a griggori.but ole david put the smack down on him! pow

Answer 10

I thought it was very good and I enjoyed it very much

It gave he more insight to God